Friday, 28 December 2012

Here's a selection of reggae and dub music that should provide a nice soundtrack to your next sesh. I've included a few of the songs that have been sampled in various drum & bass / jungle tunes so you should recognise a few of them. A lot of these were originally released on Trojan Records but I've also thrown in a few others for your delectation.

Friday, 21 December 2012

Christmas greetings to you all :) and in the spirit of the season here's the wonderful Christmas single from that jolly bunch of lads (& ladies) Crass. The Merry Crassmas single was originally released in 1981 and features two sides of jolly yuletide hits. Perfect for a family Christmas.

Friday, 14 December 2012

I absolutely love this album so I'm gonna re-up it for you. I remember liking it as a kid and then when I was about eighteen some friends and I were at a jumble sale and there it was. It even had the original comic book with it (scans included with the download). Obviously my mate's took the piss out of me for getting so excited but after we dropped some acid and then listened to it they were converted. In fact, if it wasn't for LSD then the whole thing would never have existed. This is what Nilsson had to say about it...

"I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.'" [Harry Nilsson]

Basically The Point is a tale by musician and songwriter Harry Nilsson about a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in the Pointed Village, and his dog called Arrow. The story is told through both song and narration and is great listening for children as well as adults.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Everything's Got 'Em
02) The Town (Narration)
03) Me And My Arrow
04) The Game (Narration)
05) Poli High
06) The Trial And Banishment (Narration)
07) Think About Your Troubles
08) The Pointed Man (Narration)
09) Life Line
10) The Birds (Narration)
11) P.O.V. Waltz
12) The Clearing In The Woods (Narration)
13) Are You Sleeping?
14) Oblio's Return (Narration)
There is also scans of the comic book included :)

THE MOVIE
There was also an animated film version of The Point!. The TV version was originally narrated by Dustin Hoffman but because of contract issues the film release used Ringo Starr as the narrator. The version embedded below is with Dustin Hoffman and is available on video.google.com.

Friday, 7 December 2012

This groovy little selection of funk was put together by Solid Jackson, a good friend of mine. As well as including some tracks from a few of the usual suspects like James Brown and Funkadelic Mr Jackson also made sure there are a number of songs from some of the lesser known artists.

So if you want to listen to some funky grooves then this download is for you. Enjoy.

[AUGUST 2012] UPDATE

Seeing as my mediafire account is no more and most of the download links are dead (links on rapidshare & netkups should be working fine) I will be re-uploading your requests for any of my existing posts. The new uploads will use www.netkups.com and as well as a normal download file you can also download them as a torrent.

So if you want anything from this site then just leave a request in the comments and I will upload it asap.